Swinging gate



2 S11 eets-Sheet 1.

Pa. nted Sept. 7, 1897.

W. H. JONES. swmeme GATE.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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W. H. JONES.

v $WINGING GATE. No. 589,730. Patented Sept. 7,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT @EEicE.

W'IlLLlr-XM l-l. JONES, OF MOUNT CORY, OHIO.

SWINGlNG GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,730, dated September '7, 1897. Application filed March 23, 1897. Serial No. 628,890. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, \VILLIAM H. J ONEs, of Mount Cory, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swinging Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvcmenis in swinging gates; and it pertains to that class of gates in which its upper hinged cndis shifted to one side of thelower pivot to cause the gate to either close or open by the shifting of the center of gravity.

One object of myinventionis to provide a connection between the member for shifting the center of gravity and the gate, whereby after the center of gravity has been shifted further movement of the shifting member will cause a direct pull upon the gate to either open or close the gate, as the casemay be.

Another object of my invention is to provide adj ust-able arms connected with the shifting member, so that the arms can be adjusted to work the gate whether the roadway is straight at both sides of the gate or at an angle at either or both sides of the gate, which cannot be accomplished where no adjustment of the shiftingmember arms is provided.

In the accompanying drawin gs, Figure l is a perspective view of a swinging gate which embodies my invention, the gate being shown closed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detached View of the shifting member and its adjustable arms. Fig. 3 is a similar view looking from the under side of same. Fig. 4 is a detached inverted perspective view of one of the adjustable arms. Fig. 5 is a detached View of the bolt for locking the arms. Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken through the shifting member, its arms, and its hinge, said section being longitudinal the gate.

Referring now to the drawings, A indicates the gate-post, and B the gate, both of which may be of the ordinary or any other desired construction. At the lower hinged end of the gate a hin go 0, of any desired form,is used,and the upper end of the gate is hinged through the medium of a shifting member or plate D. This plate is provided with an elongated vertical socket 13 near its rear edge, and this socket receives a pintle or journal F, extending from said gate-post, the pintle passing upward through the socket and provided on its upper end with a securing nut or head a. The adjacent end or cornerof the gate is provided with a plate G, having two upwardlyprojecting pinsgvhich extend into parallel or slightly-curved slots 1) of the shifting plate. Projecting upward from the rear edge of this plate D is an extension H, having at its upper end an outwardly-projecting flange c. Placed and secured upon this flan ge c are the operating-arms Land these arms I are held in any desired adjustment in relation to the plate that may be desired through the medium of a clamping-bolt J. The adjacent and engaging faces of these arms and of the flange c are roughened, as shown at (Z, for the purpose of making more sure their fastening to and immovability in respect to the flange and extension after they have been adjusted to the desired position. tion is that through the adjustment of these arms they can be set at any angle necessary to enable the gate to be operated from any point, so that the gate may be placed at a curve in the road or at a right angle in the road and the posts and operating parts set at the side of the road and out of line or in another position.

The adjustment of the arms of the shifting plate enables the above-recited relative arrangement of the parts, as will be readily understood. Nhercthese arms are made rigid and non-adjustable in the usual manner, it will be seen that in order to open the gate the operating-lever or other means in ust be placed as shown in Fig. 1, full lines, or else an intermediate lever must be used to enable a curve to be turned. As shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, it will be seen that one of the arms may be adjusted and the operating-lever K placed as shown in dotted lines, same figure,

for a gate which is placed at a right-angle turn in the road and yet the connection be made direct from the arm of the shifting plate to the operating-lever K. This enables and adapts the gate to be placed at any place in The object of this construca r0ad,no matter whether the road be straight or crooked at the point at which the gate is placed.

I here use cross-shaped operating-levers K and L, which are pivoted at their center to any desired support, two of the arms of the cross being connected to the ends of the levers through the medium of connections e and preferably by short links f, and the other arms of the levers being connected directly by a connection h, so that when one lever is moved the other is moved correspondingly. The other two arms of each lever are provided with operating-handles M, depending therefrom.

The operation of the slotted shifting plate for shifting the center of gravity of the gate is well understood and need not be here specificallydescribed. I provide means for exerting a direct pull upon the gate, however, in addition to shifting its center of gravity, and this is done through the medium of a connection 2', which has one end pivotally connected to arm 70 of the shifting plate and its other end slotted, as at m, a pin it passing through said slot into the top of the gate. The length of this slot 11. is equal to the amount of movement the plate has in shifting the center of gravity of the gate, and any fUIEhGIJIIOVQ- ment in either direction will cause a direct pull upon the gate through the medium of the connection, as will be readily understood.

The arm carried by the operating-lever, coacting'with the connecting-link to the upper edge of the gate, serves as a lock to hold the free end of the gate being raised to unlatch it, owing to the fact that when the gate is in a closed position and the link parallel with the gate the inner end of the slot engages theprising a plate adapted to shift the center oi gravity of the gate, operating-arms thereior adapted to be adjusted relatively to the plate. and a clamping means for said arms, substantially as described.

3. A shifting plate for gates comprising a plate having at its rear side an extension, arms carried by said extension, and a clamping means passing through the extension and the arms, whereby the latter are adjustable in relation to the plate, substantially as described.

at. Ina swinging gate the combination of hinges therefor, a shifting plate, and a connection between the shifting plate and the gate, said connection independent of the hinges, substantially as described.

5. In a swinging gate the combination of a shifting plate forming a hinge for the upper end of the gate, and a connection between the shifting plate and the gate, said connection being independent of the hinge of the gate, substantially as described.

6. In a swinging gate, the combination of the gate, a shifting plate forming the hinge for the upper end of the gate, and a link having one end pivotally connected with the shifting plate and its opposite end loosely connected with the gate to permit it a slightindependent longitudinal movement in respect to the gate, substantially as described.

7. In a swinging gate, the combination or the gate, a shifting plate therefor, a link having one end connected with the gate and the other connected with the plate, one end of link having a slot to permit it a longitudinal independent movement, substantially as described.

8. In a swinging gate the combination or. the gate, a shifting plate therefor, and a connection loosely connected with the plate and the gate at a point between its ends, one end of the link having a limited longitudinal movement independent ofits connected me mber, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM I-I. JONES.

IVitnesses:

O. M. STEWARD, IV. I HEHR. 

